Vladimir Potanin spoke at the celebration marking the 20th anniversary of his Foundation. He outlined his vision for the future of the Foundation and explained what parameters he uses to evaluate its work. He believes that charitable work has to take into account feedback: social needs and demands.

This year the Sport Connect Forum, organized by Interros Group and the Russian International Olympic Committee, gathered more than three hundred attendees from the sports industry. The main themes were Global Market Changes and Best Local Projects.

On March 15, 2018, Interros Group acquired a 2.1% stake in Norilsk Nickel from Crispian Investments Limited – a subsidiary company of the Millhouse Group. To date, the Interros Group holds 32.9% shares in OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel.

The report is being published since 2008 on the initiative of the chairman of the council Vladimir Potanin. Leading Russian and foreign practitioners and corporate governance researchers from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, VTB Bank, Deloitte, Ernst & Young and other institutions contributed to this report.

In 2011 Vladimir Potanin made a donation to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the Center’s forty year anniversary. As a result of the collaboration between the Foundation and the Center with the support of the Embassy of the Russia to the US a reconstruction of the largest Lounge of the Center took place.